FugginmugginDrums
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I am quite interested in the new Heavyweight heads Evans has brought to the table, more importantly though the snare batter head. Has anyone used it on their own snare? How is it?
Yea i am changing my technique a little bit. It was weird though when i broke my previous head. I hit it and it split from one side of the shell to other. I have never seen a head do that before. I have a Triple Threat Aquarian head on there now, but even that is getting beat up.
I try to get my snare right in the middle. Not to low and not to high. It is also a 10 lug.Do you tune extremely high? How many lugs are on your snare drum 8 or 10?
I just put one on a 6½" Supra, and it sound very much like my favorite Super Tough batter. The reverse dot helps accentuates the harmonics for a surprisingly lively sound, and the response is pretty normal for a 'thick' head. It wouldn't be suited for orchestral or very delicate work, although I was getting some lovely closed rolls from it the other day! (Hear it on Al's new polka medley - due someday soon - which starts and ends with the rolls!)
I look forward to trying it on tour on my Black Beauty.
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I try to get my snare right in the middle. Not to low and not to high. It is also a 10 lug.
With only a few exceptions, snare drums have a dynamic choke point. No matter how hard you hit the drum beyond that point, it doesn't get any louder. Moreover, approaching that point, much tonality is lost. Surprisingly, you get much more volume out of a thinner head than a thick one, & generally better low tuning ability too. Strange eh?